It's mathematically true that 1/1000 of a year is about 8.77 hours, you can work it out yourself (24 * 365 / 1000 ~= 8.77). On-screen canon makes it pretty clear that ship time is kept by standard 24/26 hours, however, so if that's what you've been doing it's technically canonically "right," just kind of a missed opportunity with stardates lining up as neatly as they do.

@paladin Oh I believe you. I've never paid attention to the star dates in that way I guess, we still talk about hours and meeting at 1600. But it must set up a weird pattern if every third star date most people are sleeping.

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